Talk:Swiss emigration to Russia

A fact from Swiss emigration to Russia appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 5 December 2007. The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that most Swiss immigrants to Russia, several thousand in all, left after the October Revolution in 1917?

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Shaba -> Saba

Leads to a disambiguation page where it is not mentioned, so basically nowhere. Saba too is no help. The place was in recently conquered Bessarabia, I am still trying to find out where it is now (Ukraine? Moldavia? Rumania hardly seems possible).

These immigrants were French-speaking and introduced wine to the area.

My source for this--Paul Pieniezny (talk) 16:51, 6 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Seems Moldavian:[1]--Paul Pieniezny (talk) 16:56, 6 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks -- it appears that the settlement is in Moldavia, but not in Moldava. Situated "next to Cetatea Albă", it would seem to be located in the Ukraine. I wonder it it is identical to modern Shabo (Шабо [2]). dab (𒁳) 09:04, 11 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]